A Reddit user installed a total of 22 Noctua fans in his gaming PC. The expensive investment ensures cool temperatures and at the same time inspires the community.
Good cooling for a gaming PC is the be-all and end-all for a stable running system. There must be sufficient air circulation in the case, especially under load, when the graphics card is required in addition to the processor. If the graphics card only achieves a few FPS, this may have another cause.
One player put a lot of effort into this and installed a total of 22 fans in his computer. 18 units alone are responsible for the air flow in the case. It is questionable whether he is not overshooting the target financially.
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22 expensive luxury fans in a gaming PC – player calls it “Noctua trophy cabinet”
What kind of fans are these? Reddit user bridgeportstuff built a gaming PC with a total of 22 Noctua fans. In a post on Reddit, the self-proclaimed Noctua fan presents the result of his work. Several images show the remarkable number of fans in action.
A single fan costs around 30 euros. For all fans together, the total is over 500 euros. Some people build a complete system for this. However, the fans for the processor and graphics card are still missing from the bill. These must be considered separately, assuming there is even a graphics card in the computer.
The community definitely seems impressed and comments on the Noctua trophy cabinet in an amusing way:
Are all fans identical? No, there are some differences. However, the player does not provide any information about the exact model name. At least 18 of the 22 fans are identical and act as case fans to ensure sufficient cooling in the case itself.
Two other models are on the processor cooler. These fans are already included with the cooler ex works. There are also two copies of Noctua on the graphics card. In this case, these models are firmly connected to the cooling structure of the graphics card.
What hardware is still in the system? Bridgeportstuff only gives a few details here. However, in the comments under his post he says that the case used is a Thermaltake Core P8.
According to him, the processor used is an Intel Core i7-9700K. This has a base clock of 3.60 GHz. The maximum Turbo clock frequency is 4.90 GHz. When idling, its temperature is 30 to 40 degrees. Under load the values are between 60 and 80 degrees (via buildcomputers.net).
There are no details available about the graphics card. The only thing that can be concluded from the pictures is that it is a model from Asus. Only the Nvidia RTX 3070, 3080 and 4080 are possible variants with factory-installed Noctua fans.
How well do 22 fans cool? In the comments to his post, questions are asked about the temperature development in his gaming PC. The Noctua fan provides the following information:
When idle:
Under load (benchmark):
Measurement directly after the benchmark:
The temperatures generally seem to be very low. But you should also take his statements with caution. However, compared to the manufacturer’s information already mentioned, the values for the processor are quite realistic. If he had forgotten a small detail, he would probably reach up to 100 degrees.
In addition, the temperatures can be influenced by other factors that were not discussed in detail in the article. For example, it is unclear whether the measurements were taken with the housing open or closed. The speed of the fans also remains unknown.
The Noctua trophy cabinet PC shines in its interior with tidy cable management. This hobbyist, whose 17 fans in the computer cause cable chaos, shows that unfortunately things can also be different: Hobbyists are horrified: Gamers have 17 fans in their PC, but avoid having proper cabling